Engineering Team Lead (SDET)

OVERVIEW

Ten Mile Square is seeking an experienced, hands-on Engineering Team Lead (SDET) to lead a team responsible for quality engineering, test automation, release engineering, and engineering enablement.The successful candidate will support the incremental modernization of a large-scale financial services platform, working across modern cloud technologies and complex legacy systems.This is an individual contributor role combining strong Agile leadership, software engineering expertise, and hands-on problem-solving. The ideal candidate embraces AI-assisted engineering, thrives in technically challenging environments, and enables teams to deliver high-quality software predictably and efficiently.

Compensation (Base + Standard Incentive Pay): $182,500 ($160K + $22,500)

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead Agile team execution, fostering ownership, collaboration, accountability, predictable delivery, and continuous improvement.

• Architect, develop, and maintain reusable test automation frameworks, engineering tools, and quality engineering practices.

• Establish effective testing strategies across API, integration, end-to-end, regression, and performance testing.

• Leverage Claude and other AI tools to improve engineering productivity, automation, testing, and problem-solving.

• Develop strategies for discovering, creating, managing, and maintaining test data across complex, interconnected systems.

• Support testing, release execution, validation, and troubleshooting across modern applications and challenging legacy integrations.

• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to refine requirements, manage dependencies, plan sprints, and deliver reliable solutions.

• Improve CI/CD integration, automated quality gates, deployment processes, and release confidence.

• Mentor engineers, promote engineering excellence, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.

• Proactively collaborate with the Ten Mile Square team on development and knowledge sharing.

• Represent yourself and Ten Mile Square with integrity, expertise, and value.

• Maintain the confidentiality of our clients on an ongoing basis.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience in test automation.

• 2+ years of experience as an Engineering Team Lead, providing hands-on technical leadership, Agile delivery leadership, and team mentorship.

• Strong understanding and practical application of Agile principles, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.

• Strong programming skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, or comparable languages.

• Expertise designing and developing automation frameworks for distributed systems, APIs, and complex integrations.

• Demonstrated proficiency with Claude and AI-assisted software engineering tools.

• Experience with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, SQL, and modern software architectures.

• Experience managing complex test data and troubleshooting integration issues across multiple systems.

• Ability to work effectively with brittle, poorly documented, or legacy systems without requiring expertise in their underlying technologies.

• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, quality engineering, and maintainable code.

MORE IMPORTANTLY

• Self-motivated to PROACTIVELY identify and solve problems.

• Be passionate about what you do.

• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and concepts quickly.

• Strong Agile mindset with a commitment to team ownership and success.

• Resourceful, persistent, and comfortable navigating technical complexity and ambiguity.

• Detail-oriented.

• High integrity and quality of work ethic.

• Excellent communication skills – within team and with clients.

EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DESERVE EXCEPTIONAL BENEFITS

Ten Mile Square Technologies benefits package currently includes:

• 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision insurance (including family)
• 100% company paid individual short- and long- term disability
• 100% company paid vision insurance
• 3% company contribution to 401(k)
• 15 days paid time off per year + 1 day/year up to 20 days
• 10 training days per year
• 8 company holidays + 2 personal days
• Individual performance-based quarterly cash incentive
• Combined individual and company based annual cash incentive
• Public transit reimbursement

Additional Details:

• Job Type: Full-time, not C2C
• Job Location: Remote, US based only
• Working hours: U.S. Eastern Time
• Occasional short-duration travel may be required for project/team in-person sessions
• Visa Sponsorship: None available